Flaky or Rough Puff Pastry

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By Keith Floyd

Published 1988

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The difference between puff, rough puff and flaky pastry always baffles me. To make a real puff pastry is an exceedingly long and tedious process. The difference between flaky and rough puff is in the fat used and in the way it is incorporated. Generally puff is made with all butter and flaky with half lard, half butter. Both pastries are made up of many layers of fat and air to enable them to rise. You can either flatten the fat and place it on the pastry, fold and roll; or put knobs of th

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